genus Rupicola

genus Rupicola
noun
cock of the rocks
Syn: ↑Rupicola
Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Cotingidae, ↑family Cotingidae
Member Meronyms: ↑cock of the rock, ↑Rupicola rupicola

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